Connecting Homeschooling and Religious Abuse

April 3, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Becoming Worldly I was asked a very good question by a homeschooler recently and figured I’d answer it here as well, expanding on it a little bit. The essence of that question (as I understood it) was “Why are you including homeschooling in your discussion of religious abuse?

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Quoting Quiverfull: State Schooling Dirtier?

April 2, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Colin Campbell in Meat For Men – March 28, 2013 “Parents who homeschool have considered what’s in the box of public education and they dare to be different. State schooling conforms to humanistic society and the box is getting dirtier by the day.”

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Linda Murphrey Writes an Open Letter to First Baptist Church Hammond

March 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Bruce Gerencser Linda Murphrey is the daughter of the late Jack Hyles. What follows is an excerpt of an open letter Linda wrote to First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana. I hope you will take the time to read the entire letter on Linda’s website:

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Quoting Quiverfull: Control?

March 24, 2013 By 3 Comments
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by Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family at The American Taliban “Those who control the access to the minds of children will set the agenda for the future of the nation and the future of the western world.” Comments open below

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Personal Values and Quiverfull Social Guilt

March 20, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Becoming Worldly So I’ve been thinking a lot about guilt and shame lately. I think they are important components used to control people’s actions, particularly in the kind of movement I grew up in. I’m sure lots of people have more

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